No person shall make any charge or receive any fee for representing any applicant or recipient of assistance in any proceeding hereunder except as to criminal proceedings brought pursuant to Section 43-9-27; or with respect to any application whether such fee or charge be paid by the applicant or recipient or by any other person or persons. Any violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punishable as provided in Section 43-9-27.
Structure Mississippi Code
Chapter 9 - Old Age Assistance
§ 43-9-1. Statewide system of old age assistance
§ 43-9-7. Eligibility for assistance to the needy aged
§ 43-9-9. Amount of assistance
§ 43-9-11. Application for assistance to the needy aged
§ 43-9-13. Investigation of applications
§ 43-9-15. Granting of assistance
§ 43-9-17. Payment for benefit of recipient
§ 43-9-19. Assistance not assignable
§ 43-9-21. Appeal to the State Department of Public Welfare
§ 43-9-23. Periodic reconsideration and changes in amount of assistance
§ 43-9-29. Recovery from recipient's estate for false representation
§ 43-9-31. Limitations of chapter
§ 43-9-33. Receipt and disposition of federal and other funds
§ 43-9-35. Disbursement of funds; how made
§ 43-9-37. Limitation of assistance and administrative cost
§ 43-9-41. Construction of law
§ 43-9-43. Reservation of right to amend or repeal old age security law
§ 43-9-45. Termination of federal assistance program as ipso facto repeal